Do we know for sure it was a flashlight?
I saw the entire chase and takedown on FOX this morning.
I thought the black instrument was one of those rubber
slap sticks, or whatever they call them.
I looked strange that even when the guy was down
on the ground, there was some indication that he was strongly resisting, as the police had to keep piling on.
It looked like quite a strugle for an unusual length of time.
You should take another look. No one "piles on" the guy goes down one cop climbs on to cuff him, and one cop just runs up and starts beating him for no reason (apparent on the tape). The two other cops just stand and watch. Didn't look like much of a struggle to me.